I'd Hate Me Too

When we last spoke I was a dog with a broken leg

I couldn't run to you, so l'd bite 'til you'd shoot me dead

I am a coward but first I was a kid

Lost you like a sore loser with my tail between my legs

Mary please let me repent

Broke my own limb and blamed you for the limp

And like a spoiled only child I thought l'd be forgiven

I lied through my canines and I pulled at your hair

I wanted you to hate me, so, you'd know l was still there

I wanted you to hate me

Told the world that you kicked me to the curb but l'll admit

I said it just so you'd see how bad I hurt

I whined and cried so all the neighbors heard

And like a skinhead Christian, I screamed my cherry-picked words

Mary, your name makes my guilt simmer like that summer's sunburn

Broke my own limb and blamed you for the limp

And like a spoiled only child I thought l'd be forgiven

I lied through my canines and I pulled at your hair

I wanted you to hate me so you'd know I was still there

I wanted you to hate me

If I were you, l'd hate me too

I'd hate me too if I were you

If I were you, l'd hate me too

I'd hate me too if I were you